Painting
- Title:
- Benjamin and Sarah Thompson
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.19
- Creator:
- LaMont, Daniel G. (1817-1883)
Artist ; Lane, William (1746-1819)Artist ; Kellerhoven, Moritz (1758-1830)Artist - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Portrait of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, and Sarah Thompson, Countess Rumford, by Daniel G. LaMont (1817-1883), c. 1850. Oil on canvas. Double portrait, consisting of bust-length view of a seated man and woman. Man at right shown in profile to left with his hands crossed in front of him; one hand is holding a book, which is standing on its spine. Man wears a blue coat with a large star-shaped medal and a white cravat; the medal executed in shades of red, white, and yellow-brown. He has gray hair and blue eyes. Woman on left faces toward right with eyes turned toward viewer. She has long brown hair and gray eyes; wearing gray and white dress with long sleeves with a low V-shaped neckline, neckline and cuff trimmed with lace, white headband knotted at top. She holds a small black and white dog in her arms. Subjects are seated on an pink upholstered Grecian couch, with high scrolled end and tasseled cushion on right. Medium brown background with dark brown shadows. Unsigned. Molded wood frame painted black.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Wool
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-14.125 W-17.125 inches
- Provenance:
- This double portrait is imaginary. Based upon the Kellerhoven portraits of Count Rumford and his daughter, this scene was commissioned by Countess Rumford as a recollection of the years spent in Europe with her father.
Given by Countess Rumford in June 1852 to her adopted daughter, Emma Gannell, who later that year married John Burgum and became the lender's grandmother. - Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
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